Urban heat islands become dangerous when temperatures rise.
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The Virginia office of Troops To Teachers continues to search for funding.
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The property has been incomplete since its 2008 groundbreaking.
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The county rejected developers' request to rezone 131 acres for industrial use.
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Attendees also got a first look at Cole, the county’s new raccoon mascot.
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The group estimates 12,000 additional slots would cost $160M.
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Updated: More than 130 residents spoke during the seven-hour board meeting.
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Goliath had been paired with several female tortoises before, in hopes of producing a hatchling, but the process wasn't successful until earlier this month.
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President Trump is the first U.S. president in 116 years that the NAACP hasn't invited to the annual convention. The group says Trump is attacking democracy and civil rights.
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The highly anticipated text from the Senate is out — and it's already causing concern from GOP stakeholders in both chambers.
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Charleston, S.C., reflects on 10 years since a racially motivated attack on the historic Emanuel AME church. A white supremacist killed 9 Black worshippers in 2015 in hopes of starting a race war.
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Palestinians say Israeli forces killed scores of people trying to reach food aid in Khan Younis on Tuesday in the deadliest attack of recent weeks on hungry crowds attempting to get food in Gaza.
Arts & Culture
- Shooting fireworks over a historic— and flammable — city takes planning
- Geologists uncover new evidence from ancient asteroid that hit the Chesapeake Bay
- Recent Hanover museum exhibit examines Brown Grove's history, legacy
- On Juneteenth, she celebrates the role quilts may have played in Underground Railroad